hi life

i've finally been able to sit down & soak in the late-afternoon sun - to write in my blogs. it's been just over a week since i left boston for good, with only two weeks left in my hometown of san diego. ahead of me awaits an exciting journey to the motherland followed by a new life back in the pnw. (#adulting, y'all) it's a lot of movement, a lot of transitioning, it's non-stop. but, the last 5 years weren't any different. so when my mum asked me for the second time if i think that two days would be enough to pack, move, then start my new job the next morning, i said, "easily". i suppose i could lessen the load on myself, but at this point i feel like things will be slowing down quite a lot. i have a handful of years in front of me with less 'unknowns'.. i'll finally have the opportunity to build a longer-than-6-months-life in terms of city, community, friends, & career. to be honest, i greatly dreaded this change of pace. i need to be on the move, i found love in adapting to new environments & seeing how i fare with building new lives in new schools, jobs, cities, & countries. but, with much reflection & perusing through several goodwills, i am now so excited to start investing in my kitchen, my furniture, to plant some asparagus, start painting again, & possibly adopt a puppy(!!). i've lived out of two large suitcases for the past five years, i've lived in over 12 different apartments in 4 cities (not including summers with my family in california & texas). it's been a lot. while i hope that there's a return to this more fast-paced lifestyle in a few years, settling down will really allow me to appreciate the details of my surroundings. maybe, i can become a true, legit "regular" at a local eatery. maybe i'll gather the courage to perform at that open-mic i used to go to in seattle. there's all of these exciting boxes to check off my list of to-dos there, i'll soon have the time. but, for these next two weeks i've got two priorities: apartment hunting & vacation planning. other than that, catch me under the rays on the lovely, white san diego sand. 

holla,

- tt